Video Tape to Digital File Formats:DV-AVI MP4 MPEG2 MOV MKV M2TS DIVXWe are currently offering fantastic pricing on our video tape to DV-AVI or MP4 file transfer service with prices starting from $20 per tape*.More clients than ever are wanting to edit their own video tapes or watch them on computers, IPads, mobile phones etc. Getting all your the video tapes into your computer in a editable digital format whilst retaining the highest quality can be very difficult.If you are only wanting to just play your video files on a computer Ipad - smart TV and not edit your files: we recommend the “MP4” format as it is the mostly widely supported format. We can also convert your tapes to Mpeg2 -MKV if required. For editing and archiving Brismedia offers the highest quality transfer to digital available. The DV-AVI format offers the benefits of being usable on both Windows PC’s and Apple Mac and as its not a heavily compressed format like Mpeg2 or MP4. It is also a far more responsive (no catch up delays)digital file format for video editing and offers the best quality. The downside of DV - AVI is the file size which is about 15 gigabytes per hour for standard definition footage. To ensure you can view / edit the DV- AVI format here is the link to our sample file Click here.(Files are on our older website copyvhstodvd.com.au)Please note, we do not supply support how to edit digital video files as this is such a huge topic. So please make sure you are happy with the sample file. The sample link also has a Mpeg2 file. I only recommend this for watching not editing, it’s a very similar format to the standard DVD format. Pricing is the same as our normal transfer to DVD format.NB: Windows 8 media player no longer supports playing of Mpeg2.!! NEWS:We now offer HD (High Definition) 1080I Mini-DV tape transfer to either “M2TS / MTS ” format or downsized to Standard Definition as “DV-AVI”. Pricing is the same as our Standard Definition transfers with an additional $10 per tape surcharge. This is capped at $30 per job. Other formats such as 720P or 1080P may also be transferable but due to many variations only by playing your tape will we know.

PRICING: (Current 01/07/2015) Single Tape to AVI or MP4 Digital File * AVI / MP4 transfers have a minimum cost (excluding postage) of $301 tape with up to 60 minutes of vision is $20*1 tape with up to 120 minutes of vision is $25*1 tape with up to 180 minutes of vision is $301 tape with up to 240 minutes of vision is $35MP4 tape transfers are split into 2 files if the tape runs over 3 hour.USB HARD DRIVE / KEY REQUIRED:We supply your video files on a USB hard drive or for small length tapes we can supply them on a USB key. You can supply the drive / key or we can supply it for you.Prices: (All keys are Sandisk brand. Hard drives are either Seagate or Toshiba)•8gig USB Key = $10•16gig USB Key = $20 • 32gig USB Key = $30 •1 Terabyte pocket USB drive = $99If you supply the drive / key please read the following!•We prefer it to be empty (you can supply it with files on it, however we take absolutely NO responsibility for any loss or corruption to any existing files).•Please ensure you supply the USB cable and power pack if it has one.•The drive / key needs to formatted as NTFS (Microsoft Windows) or HFS (Apple Mac)•For DV-AVI format You need 15 gigabytes per hour of footage. So for 10 hours of video footage you would need a 150 gigabytes of free space.•For MP4 format you need about 1.3gig /hr For Mpg2 you need about 2 gig/hr of footage. (The USB key for these conversions can be FAT32 which makes it compatible with most devices)